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the CNS depressants include various prescription drugs referred to as |
sedative-hypnotics |
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which of these is not one of the early sedative-hypnotics used in medicine? |
butyrate |
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what has kept paraldehyde from being widely used |
bad taste and odor |
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how are barbiturates usually classified |
duration of action |
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among barbiturates, when prescribing a sleeping pill, physicians would chose a |
higher dose of a shorter acting drug |
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2 drugs that were introduced as being safer that barbiturates, but in the long run proved to not be much safer were |
meprobamate and methaqualone |
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the major advantage of benzodiazepines over barbiturates seems to be the |
greater safety margin |
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Librium and valium were the first widely sold |
benzodiazepines |
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the "date rape" drug Rohypnol |
is sold as a hypnotic agent in many countries other than the US |
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when benzodiazepines bind to their receptor site, they |
enhance the inhibitory effects of GABA |
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Ambien is |
not a benzodiazepine chemically, but has similar effects |
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the four most widely sold benzodiazepines are all longer acting drugs sold primarily as |
anxiolytics |
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sedative- hypnotic agents bind to which receptors in the brain? |
GABA |
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animal self admin experiments and studies of drug choice among humans indicate that |
short acting barbiturates are more likely to lead to dependence than any benzodiazepines |
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withdrawal from long term use of sedative hypnotic drugs us characterized by |
anxiety, impaired concentration, insomnia, convulsions |
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one of the most dangerous acute effects of taking depressants in combination with alcohol is |
respiratory depression |
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which of the following drugs could theoretically be used to treat barbiturate withdrawal? |
alcohol |
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one of the oldest gaseous anesthetics, populary known as laughing gas is |
nitrous oxide |
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what household product contains nitrous oxide |
whipped cream |
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the modern era of abuse of volatile solvent by young people can be traced to a 1959 newspaper report of |
glue sniffing |
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inhalant use has traditionally been more common among |
poor hispanic and native american youth |
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GHB occurs |
naturally in the brain |
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the usual recreation dose of GHB when taken alone is about |
1-5 grams |
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anecdotally, _____ are used to enhance sexual pleasure |
amyl nitrite |
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